MORE on: Who turned out the lights?

it just dawned on me, watching the news coverage of the Canooks and us bickering about who 'started it'. maybe _no_one_ wants to admit that some part of this grid was under control of WinTel platforms?(!)

it's really just a coincidence that this 'worm' took down some networks starting on Monday, right? --Loren

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lcoe
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Reply to
Wayne Harris

(ahem)

"Canooks"?

And, yes, Bill Gates and w32.blaster are to blame.

-k

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k_teppo

oh, my mistake, Canuks(?). --Loren (whose mother was born in Canada)

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lcoe

Canook +blackout = Canooky (?) ;-)

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

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Spehro Pefhany

What do you call female Canadians? Canookie...

Tim

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Tim Williams

We will find out in 9 months..eh?

Gunner

"What do you call someone in possesion of all the facts? Paranoid.-William Burroughs

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Gunner

"There were fluctuations hours before the failure" . Sounds like a positive feedback effect caused the problem .

e.g. so many control systems trying to compensate for the original glitch, due to the sheer size of the grid it began oscillating at a low frequency which built up and finally caused a system failure .

Recall Tahoma Narrows bridge . Wind was just at the wrong speed to induce resonance .

Perhaps a seismic event caused it ? Something caused a slow build-up (perhaps current was being drawn in the right pattern + some other event) causing the above scenario a couple of hours later .

-A

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Andre

I think the fix is in for a massive rate increase...this will soften up the opposition quite a bit. Rolling blackouts did the same in Calif. a few years ago, Enron got rich, manipulators looted the company, and the retirees got $hit. Who will get rich this time?-Jitney

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jitney

The same as always, the trial lawyers.

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Eric Pederson

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